The Renewable Energy ‘Paradox’: A More Costly Way Forward
Michael Shellenberger, eco-modernist and author of “Apocalypse Never,” speaking at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Sydney, Australia on Oct. 1, 2022. (Horace Young/Epoch Times) The Renewable Energy ‘Paradox’: A More Costly Way Forward A California-based leading eco-modernist has disputed the widespread claim that renewables are a cheap and clean energy source, arguing that it’s […]
The Cult of Civilization
The Cult of Civilization From Pixabay/KELLEPICS I recently watched a Netflix documentary series about fundamentalist Mormons, exposing along the way a number of beliefs that seem bizarre from the outside, but that are accepted as perfectly normal within their insular community. Though the term “cult” is not used in the series, it is hard not […]
Peter Schiff: A Massive Fiscal Time Bomb
Peter Schiff: A Massive Fiscal Time Bomb Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell knew fighting inflation would cause big problems in a bubble economy loaded up with debt. He put it off as long as he could, calling inflation “transitory.” But once inflation became a huge problem, the central bank had no choice but to get […]
All of Us Are in Danger: When Anti-Government Speech Becomes Sedition
All of Us Are in Danger: When Anti-Government Speech Becomes Sedition “If you can’t say ‘F@#k’ you can’t say, ‘F@#k’ the government.’”— Lenny Bruce, comedian Anti-government speech has become a four-letter word. In more and more cases, the government is declaring war on what should be protected political speech whenever it challenges the government’s power, […]
The Year in Which I Grow Our Food Pt. 3
The Year in Which I Grow Our Food Pt. 3 Planning to Plant the Plot Deer Tongue and Romaine lettuces When do we plant? Vegetable gardens in this country are largely seen as a “summer thing”, and I believe this is because the crops people associate with vegetable gardens are mainly summer growing. These are […]
Is the Energy Transition Taking Off—or Hitting a Wall?
Is the Energy Transition Taking Off—or Hitting a Wall? Forecast cloudy: Solar panels are wiped off for peak performance at The Wash Basket Laundromat, in Palmyra, Pennsylvania, in 2011. The business qualified for U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Energy for America Program assistance to add 72 photovoltaic panels to reduce electrical demand by a […]
Living bioregionally, now
Living bioregionally, now Given the climate and other environmental stresses being experienced by ecosystems all over the world, a major rethink is taking place regarding alternative forms of governance, more adept at both preventing and mitigating these crises. One compelling idea being put forward is that of bioregional forms of governance, which start from the […]
The Green Transition Part 1: The Problem with Green Capitalism
The Green Transition Part 1: The Problem with Green Capitalism It’s clear that we need to decarbonize our economy as quickly as possible in order to avoid the worst of climate change — but carbon isn’t the only problem we’re facing. As the world moves towards renewables and away from fossil fuels as an energy […]
The climate movement was built for a world before climate change—it’s time for a new approach
The climate movement was built for a world before climate change—it’s time for a new approach We need a mass movement that can deal with climate disasters by training people to both protect and mobilize their communities. We are past the point where “stopping” climate change is really possible. With global temperature rise already above […]
Museletter #349: After the Ukraine Invasion
Museletter #349: After the Ukraine Invasion This month has seen the start of a historic and tragic invasion. In this month’s Museletter I’ve examined some of the Ukraine war’s likely implications for energy, economy, and geopolitics. Meanwhile, in a second piece Museletter maintains its gaze on an even bigger picture–what we humans are doing to […]
A Banking Crisis Looms
General view of the Bank of England, in the financial district known as The City, in London on Aug. 2, 2021. (Alberto Pezzali/AP Photo) A Banking Crisis Looms My columns have turned rather apocalyptic of late, but for a valid reason. Just this week, we got confirmation that our financial system is, again, on the […]
OPEC announces the biggest cut to oil production since the start of the pandemic
OPEC announces the biggest cut to oil production since the start of the pandemic OPEC+ said Wednesday that it will slash oil production by 2 million barrels per day, the biggest cut since the start of the pandemic, in a move that threatens to push gasoline prices higher just weeks before US midterm elections. The group of major oil producers, […]
Futures That Work
Futures That Work Among the most curious features of the current predicament of industrial society is that so much of it was set out in great detail so many decades ago. Just at the moment I’m not thinking of the extensive literature on resource depletion that started appearing in the 1950s, which set out in […]
Logging industry targeted B.C. old-growth forests for more than a century, SFU study finds
Logging industry targeted B.C. old-growth forests for more than a century, SFU study finds Ken Lertzman’s paper shows between 1860 and 2016, 87 per cent of logging took place in old-growth forests A man walks past an old growth tree in Avatar Grove near Port Renfrew, B.C. A new paper published by Simon Fraser University […]
War Breaks Out As “OPEC+ Takes On The Entire West”
War Breaks Out As “OPEC+ Takes On The Entire West” This time, it’s war. One day after we wrote that “OPEC Is Taking On The Fed“, the oil cartel did just that when it announced that it was cutting output by 2mmb/d the despite a furious diplomatic campaign by the White House hoping to avoid […]
